(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-eye and her hair hung down in
ring-a-lets) (She was a nice girl, a proper girl but one of the rovin'
kind)
As I cruised out one eve-e-ning upon a night's career I
spied a lofty clipper ship and to her I did steer I heisted out my
sig-a-nals which she so quickly knew And when she saw my bunting fly she
imme-diately hove to-woo-woo
(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-eye and
her hair hung down in ring-a-lets) (She was a nice girl, a proper girl but
one of the rovin' kind)
I took her for some fish and chips and treated
her so fine And hardly did I realize she was the rovin' kind I kissed her
lips, I missed her lips and found to my surprise She was nothin' but a pirate
ship rigged up in a dis-guy-eye-ise
(She had a dark and a-rovin'
eye-eye-eye) And her hair hung down in ring-a-lets (She was a nice girl,
a proper girl but one of the rovin' kind)
So, come all ye good sailor
men who sail the wintry sea And come, all ye apprentice lads, a warnin' take
from me Beware of lofty clipper ships, they'll be the ruin of you For
'twas there she made me walk the plank and pushed me under,
too-ooh-ooh
(She had a dark and a-rovin' eye-uh-eye and her hair hung
down in ring-a-lets) She was a nice girl, a proper girl but one of the
rovin' kind
(She was a nice girl, a proper girl but) One of the
rovin' kind (yo-ho!)